Keynote Speaker: Dr. Brandi Klepper
Dr. Brandi L. Klepper is a Missouri licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in children, adolescents and adults who are gifted, talented and/or high achieving. She has had a private psychology practice specializing in gifted and talented individuals since 2002. Before that, as a college and graduate student, she worked therapeutically with gifted and high achieving individuals, and in her dissertation, she researched emotions in gifted adolescents. Throughout her life, Dr. Klepper has participated in gifted services as a student, camper, RA, teacher, camp counselor, presenter, psychologist, spouse, parent, and consultant. In addition to her private practice, she has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Drury University, Cox College, and The School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute. She was an elementary, middle and/or high school volunteer from 2010 to 2023. Further, Dr. Klepper serves as a Resident Counselor at Drury University's Center for Gifted Education PreCollege Programs. She has presented at the National Association of Gifted Children’s conference; at statewide and district conferences of the Gifted Association of Missouri; the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association; the Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education; the Kansas Association for the Gifted, Talented and Creative; and the Oklahoma Association for Gifted, Creative and Talented; as well as to various other groups.
